Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-12-03
Distribution of Troops and Abardo,
 ment Of Useless Posta

Sotne years Ego all the Chen bos,;,, ] ApscDos, tegother viIh the noao,.'t.1- ! lunas end MOhsves, were plaeo6 -,
 the san Carlos lnd,i.u Rsservg t,o-, " | tneSe IndiGns now number in uI sbn,'s
 uNs thousand persona. Gorst,.r. ,,S,..
 tfol os tEeir actions by she TniIitor,, s'-
 thoniies has been proven. un3er tL.,
 now existing clrou instances. to ha ,,sot,
 cal!y impossible, and the questlop' ,,bs ,
 IS best to be done with the hDac,.as -s one or great moment Co tho pro.Derity ,f
 tha nelghboIhood O. that reservst,c',,
 Genl. Nelson A. Miles, co,omsnd;,, the Department of ArizonR. pre-,,,s o solution Of this vexatinus urohieu, ,h.t
 IS worthy of careful consideration III. conclusions reached ID his nolicv a,
 tSo-told; the first iR, to segresa,e ina Tr-
 diane Into small communities. nlaciny
 them Tar distant from ench othsr snj ! upon and near some of tba rure,o,z a military Icsis Iu the territory that nr, new not needed fer military Duroosee the second a, Co abandon sI of tba no-s
 eseiess poat5 and concentrate fine eof liety aE md LeBr Son Carlos. He stro,e- l y adVoc-toa the former pirn. as the on, most ies5i0lc and economical. but fl, 1 L-euianact General CE the Army and th s Secretary ot War Seem disposed to dif- Ter with Gen'i GIles. end lr al probsbi'- ity, II anything is cone ut eli. the Fecons plan vill De followed.
 The experience O. tns last feE yea-s
 p!Hlnly shows that greater security fror, Indian dcpTed6tioDs ghoald Ia ,fforda,l
 oy our government Since the yn-iop 1, irltas we're locBiod ca San Garlos. if bns msd impossible to prevent Mr. In dion from paying rnGrdercus visit to
 any part of southegstsFn Arizona when ever fancy prompted. The ocenes of hi4 osTbsFIty snd cruelty were enacted with
 ID tLe boundaries cG the counties of Grn- han, C0cLiss and E.rc, vhle Northern and Western Arizona escaped the scourZe ot his bloody ra!is. From tbe ohafacss- of the country cpd the locs-
 ton 0f settled c0mmunities this will nl- ways be co until truops gre so placed s. 70 virtually surround the reservation.
 ihls concentration will necossiiate ar Abandonment of useless posts, such ss Verde Rnd Whipple, Gnd the ssiablish- ment of st least one post on the reseryn- ticu.
 There are no Iad:aus from. whom danger could be appreheuded Lear Pres colt, and Fort Whipple one mic north ot the town snd Camp Verde toriy-tvo miles esst, for many years, have been Of nc service ID the miiiiary operations against the ssvnges. The HuGlanRi tribe. numbering some two hundred and fifty men, women and children, are scattered along lhe line of the Atlantic and PscIf- ic railroad from The Needles to Prescott Junction, and eke out miserable exist ence by petty thisving and begging. An efficient sheEih ID MohESe county is g!l he force that is required to control their notions. The SuppGi5, gho live n Cat arECt creek canyon, some eighty miles north of Ash Fork situate ou ;he A, & r. R. r, hEve RlTays been on friendi, terms with the whites and sad are s quiet and pescesbls tribe of Indians of strictly agricultural habits. The Moquis, who live III their Mesa villages ID the GorthsF1 section of Apache county, rs. semble the SUppeig, and have never glv- en she whites cEuse for alarm. Their fear of theiY nelghbcrs, Ihe powerful Nc v8iOs, who covet the MJquis' possessions. | alzO scls Gs 6 check upon any possible | gsrhke tendencies they might assume. l The HGvG!ns are under ibe supervision oi She m,lIiAFy authorities cf Fort hi1 1- gate, =. M-, and though @ wLriiks people. 1 rCFesae 0 probable loss Of their large 6Bd | valuable herds otsheep, cattle and horses | n the event of Sar with the whites, | and 50 are content ic exercise s wise dis | cTeiioa upon thcir hostile propeDeiFes. |
 In view Of these facts it F useless to | further attempt En explanation of the | Eiscoc shown in tEe second conclusion | of Gen'l Miles, and oi the importance for kle material progress Of progress of | prosperity in SoutheHBtern Arizona, that | ample security 5hoUld be given to the | pooFie Ot thss secIioH hy the abandon r-ani of ussiess military p5sts in distant | gsrls If the ta.i.oT!, sad s couoebtgg- in at tb5 soldiers near San CsTlos.- 'F.OhL Silver Belt.